Women's bodies, women's choices

Why do men feel they know what it's like to have a baby? Most men I know are afraid of needles. When I watch the news, you see all these men on the pro-life side and "stop abortion now" signs. Do you think that women who have abortions are doing it for fun? Maybe they were raped or maybe they were told their own health was in jeopardy and they have other children and want to be around for them.

Just because you support pro-choice doesn't mean you want to have an abortion or even have had an abortion or maybe you don't think abortion is right, but you support the fact that the choice is there.

Maybe if men would take more responsibility before that predicament arose, it wouldn't place women in that position of having to make that decision. But I still don't think strangers should tell other people what to do with their bodies, period.

And just because the Supreme Court ruled that abortion is legal, yes, yes, yes, it's a choice women have, whether you think it's right or not. What, you want to make women have babies?

The bottom line, dog fighting is still illegal. You can't just pick and choose the laws you will obey and not obey. A lot of people don't like that you can't drink and drive. It's obvious because people do it all the time; it still doesn't make it right. How about taking care of the people that are right here, right now and mind your own business.

Susan Schafer

Wheeling